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Liz Smith: 'Bring Up The Bodies' Is The Best Book Yet About Henry VIII And Anne Boleyn

huffingtonpost.com (11 months and 24 days ago)

May 31, 2012

I am busy now reading Hilary Mantel's "Bring Up the Bodies." This is the best-selling hit sequel to the writer's Man Booker prizewinner, "Wolf Hall" -- a story that even amateur historians just can't get enough of -- the rise and fall of Anne Boleyn and of the men and women who rose and fell with her. full story

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Liz Smith: 'Bring Up The Bodies' Is The Best Book Yet About Henry VIII And Anne Boleyn

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